November 13, 2015

Work Life

Afternoon sky Hello, friends. Simple cover Fantastic Mr. Fox Nyunyu Team's Halloween! Outtake Meatballs! Oh look! It's Friday 13th! I feel like making a new post but the thing is I haven't really got the will to organize and edit my photos. So anyway, these are a few from around the office and work life. We'll be moving to a new building next week and that makes me sad. Our current office has been our second home and since it's actually a house (like, a pretty huge 5 rooms house), so it's really homey.

Sometimes we climbed up to the roof and enjoy the afternoon sky. And while we were there, we just had to take a few selfies. It's mandatory. I'm just posting one so you won't be disturbed by our faces. You're welcome. Sometimes we cook something for dinner, usually on Friday night. The last time we were making meatballs. We bought instant meatballs that you just have to throw into the boiling hot water. But it's not that simple. We add lots of spices and also made dumplings for the side dish.

Then we changed clothes for our little Halloween costume party, on Friday, October 30th. Because we don't feel like throwing a costume party on Saturday, that's why. We've been telling the boys to prepare their costumes but they ignored us. But when we changed and put on make up, they got excited and wanted to have the fake bloods (it was lipstick) too. So yeah, we didn't really take it that seriously. But it was fun, nonetheless. I love these funny guys.

Occupying the back roomNot in the picture Guess who?

Hopefully the adaptation to the new place won't take too long. Tell you more about it later. See ya!

October 9, 2015

Nonton 'Hamlet'

Curtain Here's your ticket. Just got out from House of Black and White Hamlet

Ceritanya lagi sempet bikin postingan baru karena kerjaan udah selesai. Sabtu, 26 September yang lalu saya nonton pementasan 'Hamlet' oleh Teater Katak di Gedung Kesenian Jakarta. Terpaksa sih, soalnya teman kami, Eky, main di pementasan itu sebagai Claudius. Hahaha enggak deng. Kami berdelapan pergi nonton dengan senang hati kok...

Berhubung nggak kesampaian nonton pementasan 'Hamlet' yang dibintangi Benedict Cumberbatch di Inggris sana, jadi nonton yang versi ini aja dulu. Sebelumnya saya sama sekali nggak tau ceritanya Hamlet itu gimana. Jadi lumayan dapat pencerahan. Hehe. Kalau di luar negeri mah kan cerita klasik kayak gini biasanya dijadiin tugas bacaan. Bagus juga tuh. Kalau di sini mah, film kartun aja malah disulih suara. Padahal kalau diterjemahin, ditambahin subtitle, menurut saya itu bisa melatih kecepatan membaca juga loh.

Anyway, pementasan 'Hamlet' ini keren yah. Suara para aktornya bagus-bagus (yaiyalaaah kalau enggak dimana bisa terpilih hahaha). Terus saya pikir perannya teman saya itu bakalan cuma muncul sebentar aja, ternyata ada sampai akhir. Perannya Horacio dan teman-temannya itu menarik dan selalu bikin ketawa sih. Dan saya naksir berat sama kostum yang dipakai Hamlet Senior yang udah jadi hantu. A la Game of Thrones gimanaaa gitu.

Pulangnya saya jadi pengin bikin lanjutan naskah drama. Dulu sempet bikin (dan pentas kecil-kecilan) parodi dari cerita Cinderella. Saya emang udah niat bikin lanjutannya dan ceritanya bakalan saya bikin lebih kelam. Tapi ya baru niat aja, belum lanjut nulis... HEHE. Lagian kalau selesai pun, nggak tau bisa dipentasin atau enggak... :(

Yah, begitulah. Sekali-sekali nonton pementasan teater itu memberi inspirasi dan juga menyegarkan. Sukses terus buat Teater Katak!

September 28, 2015

Currently

Old desk Light
Did I not let enough light in?

Nggak terasa udah setahun lebih (dikit) kerja di Nyunyu. Kadang masih nggak percaya juga bisa menjadikan nulis sebagai profesi. Walaupun harus diakui, saya harus lebih banyak lagi latihan nulis. Selain kerjaan, kayaknya proyek nulis kayak cerpen dan lainnya malah terbengkalai. Termasuk blog ini. Oke, setiap kali saya mood buat ngeblog tapi nggak tau mau ngomongin apa, saya bakal bikin postingan Currently ini. Sebenernya ada lumayan banyak yang bisa diceritain melalui foto tapi fotonya masih ada di hape dan saya terlalu malas untuk mindahinnya. Hahahaha. -_-"

Last book I read: Winter People by Jennifer McMahon. Entah kenapa saya tertarik sama cerita-cerita yang ada hubungannya sama kematian, termasuk waktu saya baca blurb di bagian belakang buku ini. Dan ternyata emang seru ceritanya. Awalnya agak bingung karena ada lumayan banyak sudut pandang. Tapi lama-lama sudut pandang yang beda-beda itu yang bisa membantu pembaca menguak misterinya.

Last movie I watched: Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials. Waktu filmnya rilis saya sama sekali nggak minat nonton. Begitu pun waktu akhirnya itu film diputar di TV kabel. Sampai akhirnya saya 'dipaksa' oleh rasa penasaran dan juga oleh seorang teman yang ngefans banget sama Dylan O'brien. Ternyata seru yah! Hahaha telat. Akhir cerita film pertama gantung banget. Dan akhirnya di minggu kedua pemutaran saya nonton deh sama seorang teman. Karakter favorit saya mungkin Newt. Soalnya dia yang paling saya kenal karena pernah main juga di Game of Thrones. Dan tidak, jangan ada yang berani komen soal masa depannya Newt. Jangan. Saya udah tahu.

Currently reading: Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green & David Levithan. Ada dua karater bernama Will Grayson yang jadi narator di tiap bab berbeda. Menarik sih. Kayaknya saya nggak pernah baca buku yang ditulis barengan kayak gini.

Nah berhubung saya nggak lagi punya project personal atau nonton serial TV apapun, kita ganti aja jadi...

Currently obsessed with: Oliver Sim! Lagi-lagi saya naksir sama anggota band indie. Dia ini bassist yang bikin saya pengin jadi bassnya sekaligus co-vocalist band The xx. Sebenernya saya udah dengerin mereka sejak mungkin 2012 akhir atau awal 2013. Saya langsung suka lagu Angels dan Fiction tapi selebihnya ya biasa aja. Mungkin karena saat itu lagi suka band lain dan The xx ini punya musik yang beda; minimalis banget. Terus tiba-tiba suatu malam beberapa bulan yang lalu, saya iseng aja search mereka di YouTube. Saya nggak pernah lihat video klip mereka sama sekali. Nggak tahu kalau lagu Fiction yang saya cari saat itu ada video klipnya. Soalnya di hasil pencarian paling atas justru macam-macam versi live-nya. Akhirnya saya nonton yang mereka live di studio KEXP. Dan O-M-G langsung jatuh cinta sama Oliver.
Pertama karena emang cakep. Terus suaranya itu loh... Waktu nonton videonya pertama kali, saya sampai bengong, nggak yakin kalau suara yang saya dengar bener-bener keluar dari pita suaranya. Haha. Jadi begitulah awal mulanya saya jatuh cinta pada Oliver. ❤

Nggak enaknya ngefans sama musisi indie adalah kadang mereka nggak terlalu dikenal. Ibaratnya kalau belum ada laman Wikipedia khusus buat mereka, bisa dibilang mereka memang belum beken banget. Atau seenggaknya belum bikin sesuatu yang sensasional. Saya mah gitu, kalau lagi suka banget seorang musisi atau aktor, suka kepo sama kehidupan pribadinya. Tapi berhubung The xx ini tertutup banget, nggak banyak yang saya tahu soal kehidupan pribadinya selain dari apa yang ada di artikel-artikel. Waktu curcol soal betapa saya merasa bahwa Oliver itu misterius, temen saya bilang, "Lagian kenapa sih, harus sukanya sama yang indie-indie? Nggak yang mainstream aja?" Well, pertama, saya juga sebenernya nggak se-hipster itu. Kedua, ya gimana dooong namanya juga suka...

Makanya saya seneng banget waktu main dan jajan di Food Fighters, tiba-tiba terdengar sayup-sayup sebuah lagu yang kayaknya saya kenal. Setelah saya dengarkan dengan saksama, ternyata lagu Sunset milik The xx. Saya nggak pernah denger lagu mereka diputer di tempat umum semacam tempat makan kayak gitu. Dan kalau udah nggak punya malu, mungkin saat itu saya udah loncat-loncatan di sana. Hahaha...

Kalau kamu lagi suka band apa?

August 2, 2015

Idul Fitri 2015

Idul Fitri 2015 Laksa Opor Ayam
Hai, semuanya. Berhubung ini postingan pertama setelah Idul Fitri, saya mau sekalian minta maaf nih ya kalau ada kata-kata yang kurang berkenan, candaan yang nggak lucu, atau informasi yang nggak tepat di blog saya ini. Seperti biasa, setiap Lebaran saya ketemuan dengan keluarga orang tua yang masing-masing berasal dari Bogor dan Jakarta. Tahun ini lumayan beda, karena yang pertama kami kunjungi keluarga yang di Bogor lebih dulu.
Hei, everyone. Because this is the first post after Idul Fitri, I’d like to apologize for less pleasant words, not so funny jokes, or misinformations in this blog. As usual, every this time of the year, I’ll meet up with family from both of my parents, each of them from Bogor and Jakarta. This year’s a bit different, we visited the one at Bogor first.
  CousinsPeeking Give me that cheek Hey... Bath time!
Senang banget bisa ketemu keponakan saya. Tahun lalu dia masih bayi banget dan sekarang udah hampir setahun, aktif, dan bikin gemes. Sorenya, akhirnya ketemu sepupu saya. Sejak mulai nonton dan suka Game of Thrones, kami baru ketemu lagi jadi otomatis langsung ngomongin series dan teori-teorinya, sebelum dia harus pulang. Sore itu juga kami udah punya rencana untuk makan siang di hari berikutnya. Bahkan udah langsung mendaulat juru masaknya, yang tak lain adalah bibi saya juga. Denger rencananya saya ikutan semangat.
I’m so happy to finally see my nephew again. Last year he was still a baby and now he’s almost one year old, active, and just adorable. That afternoon I finally meet cousin. Since we both watched and liking Game of Thrones, we haven’t met each other so automatically we just kept talking about the series and the theories, before she had to go. And that afternoon we already have a plan for tomorrow’s lunch. Even already appointed the cook, who was none other than my aunt. Just listening to the plan got me excited.

Besoknya makin banyak anggota keluarga yang datang dan kami pun siap-siap makan siang bersama. Disebutnya Cucurak. Saya beberapa kali liat foto orang makan bersama kayak gini, tapi belum pernah ngalamin langsung. Makanan berupa nasi dan segala lauk pauknya (jangan lupa sambalnya) ditaruh di atas daun pisang, dan kami pun makan bersama-sama. Kebayang dong serunya? Walau udah makan banyak pun, ngeliat yang lain masih makan jadi terus-terusan lanjutin makan. Haha.
The next day even more family members showed up and we were getting ready to have lunch together. It’s called ‘Cucurak’ in Sundanese. I’ve seen some photos of this, but never be a part of one. Meals consist of rice and all the side dishes (don’t forget the hot and spicy sauce / sambal!) put on some sheets of banana leaves, and we enjoyed it all together. Can you imagine how fun that was? Even though I was full, seeing the others still grabbing and eat some more made me do the same. Haha.
   That pudding thoSome meals Getting in position And then there's this meal
Watching the sunset ! Smile through a dirty window And moving on to the next town.....

Di libur Lebaran tahun ini belum ketemu banyak sepupu dari keluarga Mama. Berhubung nggak bawa mainan, sorenya saya dan sepupu-sepupu cewek pergi ke mall dan nonton Ant-Man. Kocak banget filmnya, saya terhibur. Terus malamnya saya dicekokin nonton reality show Korea. Besoknya pada pulang ke rumah masing-masing deh... Begitulah.
In this year’s Idul Fitri’s holiday I haven’t met a lot of cousins from my mother’s side. We didn’t have or bring toys or card games to play, so that afternoon me and my girl cousins went to the mall to see Ant-Man. It was a really funny movie, I feel really entertained. Then that night my cousin made me watched this Korean reality show. The next day we’re already off to our own home... That was it.
  A part of my aunt's kitchenLunch Some purple cheesecakes

Beberapa waktu lalu saya ngutak-ngatik blog ini, maksudnya mau nambahin opsi ‘reply’ di komen, tapi gagal. Akhirnya saya pakai widget Disqus supaya bisa pake fitur reply. Berhasil sih nambahin widget ini, tapi komen yang pernah ada di sini jadi hilang... :( Yah emang dikit sih komennya, tapi tetep aja sebel. Jadi, kalau habis baca postingan yang mana aja di blog ini, jangan lupa komen ya. Hehehe. Terus ini lagi Flickr, pilihan untuk share dengan HTML code yang biasa saya pakai hilang begitu aja. Jadi saya harus pakai embed code. Saya nggak suka tapi terpaksa pakai, karena belum nemu solusinya. Kenapa harus ngilangin opsi yang sebenernya baik-baik aja sih?
A while back I messed around on this blog, trying to add the ‘reply’ feature in the comment section, but failed. So I use Disqus widget so I can use that feature. I successfully added the widget, but I lost all the old comments... :( Well there’s not much but it’s still such a bummer. So, after you read any post from this blog, please leave a comen. Hehehe. And now Flickr eliminates the HTML code sharing option that I usually use. So I have to use the embed code. I really don’t like this but I use it anyway, cause I haven’t found the solution. Why they should eliminates this option which was clearly fine?

Ada yang tahu gimana supaya saya bisa pakai HTML code Flickr lagi? Dan, ada yang lihat blue moon di akhir bulan Juli? Indah banget ya bulannya. Sampai postingan berikutnya!
Anyone knows how to use the Flickr HTML code sharing? Also, did anyone see the blue moon at the end of July? It was super beautiful. Until the next post!

July 10, 2015

The Wolf & The Bastard



I was really excited reading their tracklist for Wilder Mind and found a song was entitled The Wolf. I've always like wolves. So when one of my favorite bands released a song with my favorite animal on the title, I got excited. The video for the song came out at the end of last month. But I just saw it just now. My bad, I know. I don't know what got me really busy last weekend... Anyway, at first glimpse of the thumbnail, I thought it was other people wearing those costumes, not them. Boy, how I wrong. AND HOW ADORABLE IS WINSTON AS A BRIDE! And Marcus as Robin Hood, of course. He knows he's been stealing hearts all around the world, I guess. Then I come to the end of the video and I found out that Marcus Haney directed this video. And the video makes perfect sense for me...

I watched his documentary, No Cameras Allowed. I watched it because he was an amateur photographer, who takes interest in concert photography, and he crashed into concerts' backstage without tickets and permissions, somehow made it, and end up being friends with some bands including Mumford & Sons. He even went on tour with them. At the end of the documentary, he was crashing the Grammys. The freaking Grammys! Like, how do you crash into the Grammys? And of course, he approach the band when he's already inside and they're like, 'Yeah, it's okay, you're with us!' Needless to say, I was in awe and also jealousy watching his journey. I'd be glad if I could just be there without being caught by the security. But this guy also end up being good friends with the band. With Mumford & Sons! It's crazy! I'm jealous! And when I'm in that state, I can't help but mutter; lucky bastard. 

So, The Wolf video makes perfect sense. It reminded me to his documentary and he's showing all the interesting and fun things at Bonnaroo. Here's an interview with him if you're interested.

And talking about another bastard... Does anybody who read my blog watch Game of Thrones, devastated when Jon got stabbed multiple times, and somehow believe that he'll be back at one point (although I hope not by warging to Ghost), even though the theories just keep getting crazier? If you're saying yes, then I think we could be friends.

Until the next post, my wolf pack.

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